Show and Tell Friday...on Saturday!

My goodness...I completely missed the show and tell yesterday! I think between the holidays and my pain, I'm kind of unorganized and out of it.  Please forgive me, dear readers.  I hope you'll enjoy my show and tell a day late. :)

This week I'm going to show you how I coffee dye my cross stitch fabric. 

First gather your supplies - a clean bowl, cold coffee and your fabic.

Pour the coffee in your bowl

Next I like to bunch my fabric up

Then I push it into the bowl

Here it is under the coffee

Your fabric will get darker as it sits.  I let this batch sit in the bowl for about an hour which didn't make it extremely dark, but gave it a nice antique look.  I also like to move the fabric around every now and then while it's in the coffee bath so that all the areas get dyed but I also get some darker areas here and there.

Then I rinse the fabric with cool, clear water

Then I spread the fabric out to prepare it for pressing while it's damp

Then I press it until it's completely dry and wrinkle free.

Then I re-roll it and put it in the plastic case it came it.  I make sure I label the package that the fabric is coffee dyed. 

You can also use tea in the same way to dye your fabric.  I use this method to dye my quilting fabric, too.  You can change your fabric to look antiqued and give your projects a whole new look.  I hope you enjoyed seeing how I do this.

Link up with your own show and tell below!